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IllinoisHB0079104th General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET

PEN CD-IMRF-RETURN TO SERVICE

Sponsored By: Jackie Haas (Republican)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.

Extra pension after returning to work

If you return for under 48 months, you get a supplemental annuity based only on pay and time from that return period. Your full career still counts to meet any minimum service rules. If you return for 48 months or more, the Fund uses a combined formula. It counts all service, then subtracts the value of payments already made and the suspended amount. The extra piece cannot be smaller than the under-48-month method. Your original annuity restarts with all increases due. For under 48 months, later increases use the original annuity’s effective date; for 48+ months, increases use the supplemental annuity’s effective date.

Retirees back at covered jobs: payments stop

If you get a retirement annuity and return to a job that makes you a participating employee, your payments stop. The stop starts the first day of the month on or after your start date. You count as participating if you work over 599 hours in a year. If your employer passed a resolution, the trigger is over 999 hours. School security guards under Section 7-142.1 use over 999 hours. The year for counting hours starts on the month and day you first return after retirement. Some people are allowed to keep payments under Section 7-137.1(b). You can apply to restart payments after you again qualify.

Tier 2 retirees face stricter work rules

If you are a Tier 2 retiree and take full-time work in another pension system under this Code, your annuity stops while you work. If you first joined on or after January 1, 2012 and take a contract with your former government employer, your annuity also stops during that contract. You must tell the Fund and the contracting employer before you accept. If you do not, it is a Class A misdemeanor and a $1,000 fine. When the job or contract ends, your annuity resumes and is recalculated.

Tracking and employer payback for overpayments

The Fund tells every retiree at retirement and each year to report any return to work. It keeps a tracking system and reminds employers and retirees each year about return-to-work limits. If an employer knowingly fails to tell the Board to stop payments, it may have to repay up to half of the payments made after the stop date. No employer payback applies if the retiree worked there less than 12 months. Total repayments from the retiree and employer cannot be more than the overpaid amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jackie Haas

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Amy Elik

    Republican • House

  • Brad Stephens

    Republican • House

  • Bradley Fritts

    Republican • House

  • Chris Balkema

    Republican • Senate

  • Dale Fowler

    Republican • Senate

  • Dan Swanson

    Republican • House

  • Jeff Keicher

    Republican • House

  • Li Arellano, Jr.

    Republican • Senate

  • Michael J. Coffey, Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Neil Anderson

    Republican • Senate

  • Nicole La Ha

    Republican • House

  • Norine K. Hammond

    Republican • House

  • Wayne A. Rosenthal

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 182 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/22/2025

Third Reading - Passed;

Yes: 58 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/30/2025

Do Pass Pensions;

Yes: 7 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2025

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed

Yes: 107 • No: 0

House vote • 3/6/2025

Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee;

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0163

    8/15/2025House

  2. Effective Date August 15, 2025

    8/15/2025House

  3. Governor Approved

    8/15/2025House

  4. Sent to the Governor

    6/20/2025House

  5. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema

    5/30/2025Senate

  6. Passed Both Houses

    5/22/2025House

  7. Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

    5/22/2025Senate

  8. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler

    5/21/2025Senate

  9. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **

    5/20/2025Senate

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2025

    5/1/2025Senate

  11. Second Reading

    5/1/2025Senate

  12. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.

    4/30/2025Senate

  13. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025

    4/30/2025Senate

  14. Do Pass Pensions; 007-000-000

    4/30/2025Senate

  15. Assigned to Pensions

    4/23/2025Senate

  16. Referred to Assignments

    4/8/2025Senate

  17. First Reading

    4/8/2025Senate

  18. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson

    4/8/2025Senate

  19. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    4/8/2025Senate

  20. Arrive in Senate

    4/8/2025Senate

  21. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000

    4/7/2025House

  22. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

    3/25/2025House

  23. Second Reading - Short Debate

    3/25/2025House

  24. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.

    3/6/2025House

  25. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    3/6/2025House

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